RH9/Windows 2000/Large HD install problem

[Rick Stevens]

Darryl Mocek wrote:
> I'm trying to install RH9 plus Windows 2000 on a new
> machine with a 160GB hard drive.  I installed Windows
> 2000 first, creating a 80GB partition.  This went fine
> and I was able to boot and run Windows 2000 with no
> problems.  BTW, I also installed Windows SP4 as I read
> SP3 fixed a problem with HD's larger then 137GB.
> 
> I then intalled RH9.  I've tried partitioning the HD
> myself using Disk Druid and letting RH9 autopartion
> the HD.  The results of both are that I can run RH9
> with no problems, but when I try to boot Windows 2000
> I get a blue screen which read INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DISK
> and Windows freezes.
> 
> I've read many articles on dual booting Linux and
> Windows, but none deal with a large HD, which I think
> is the issue as I have this configuration running
> successfully on a machine with a 40G HD.

Are you using grub or the Windows boot loader?  grub should have no
problems.  If you're using the Windows loader, it may have an issue
where an OS starts on a track >1023.  That's the most common problem.
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